Evangelista Menga
Evangelista Menga (c. 1480 – c. 1571) was an Italian military engineer.
Evangelista Menga
- Born
- 1480 · Francavilla Fontana.
- Died
- 1571
- Occupation
- architect · military engineer
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Evangelista Menga (c. 1480 – c. 1571) was an Italian military engineer.
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He was from Francavilla Fontana. He was the resident engineer of the Order of St. John from 1560 to 1567, and he was involved in repairing the fortifications of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565. He married Maria Coco, and they had one son, Avolio. From him four children were born: Sigismondo, Porzia, Camilla and Laura. Sigismondo married Ottavia Calefato in Francavilla, and Porzia married Angelo Perruccio di Leverano Menga received the honorific title of a knight due to his service to the Order, and he received an annuity of 300 scudi every year. He died in around 1571, aged about ninety, probably in Malta.
Evangelista Menga (1480–1571) was an architect and military engineer.
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1480
Evangelista Menga born at Francavilla Fontana.
1571
Evangelista Menga died.
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- 2.Mario Cazzato, Guida ai castelli pugliesi, 1. La provincia di Lecce, Galatina 1997, pp. 118-119
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